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Reviews of Columbia Apartments 3 stars

15 Whitaker Place, 1010 Auckland, New Zealand

#435 of 483 Holiday rentals in Auckland

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Review score

Based on 317 hotel reviews

5.7

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    6.0

  • Comfort

    6.1

  • Location

    7.4

  • Facilities

    5.9

  • Staff

    7.0

  • Value for money

    7.2

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  • Reviewed: 9 May 2024

    6.0
    Cheap and central
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Have stayed a few times, but this time the room had a slight stale smell. It's cheap enough so not bothered.

    Great cheap accommodation with private room. Good if your out and about most of the time. Excellent city location close to K road and Queen st. One apartment with 3 seperate locked rooms sharing shower toilet and kitchen. I've never used the kitchen. Great if the other two rooms have quiet tenants. Most of the time I've been there the other rooms are quiet or empty. If lucky you might get a higher floor which have awesome city views.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 April 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There were only a few cooking utensils and they were not in a good condition

    The bed was comfortable, there was lots of storage room and the bathroom was cleaned often

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 March 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staff were okay, a place for longer stays not short. How the rooms worked was not explained and the rooms weren't numbered.

    Very clean room. Beds were comfy and a quiet place to sleep.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 24 January 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 14 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The apartment is very tide for comfort.

    Location in the middle of cbd

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 December 2023

    5.0
    You get what you paid for. Cheap but ok for 1-2 nights
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No hair dryer in shared bathroom, reception wasn’t occupied when needed.

    Good location, modern bathroom.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 12 November 2023

    7.0
    Good value and helpful stuff
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night

    Cleanliness very good. Useful things like cups and tea bags and coffee

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 13 October 2023

    6.0
    Cheap, reasonable bed for the night.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night

    Very basic and not the cleanest.

    Fine budget accomodation for a quick one night stay after going to a concert.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 September 2023

    6.0
    It was a cheap and comfortable room for one night.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    There was a strange smell in the room that made it necessary to keep window open all the time. It became noisy during the night from people walking past the building.

    I liked the close location to CBD.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 6 July 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 14 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The laundry was broken for a few days during our stay but we were able to use the laundry room next door.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 April 2023

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The other areas of my apartment were gross, pubic in multiple areas, and didn't look like it had been cleaned properly in quite some time.

    My room was ok. The bed was the perfect type for me and handy double door wardrobe. The desk was great. The staff were friendly and helpful.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: 6 April 2023

    7.0
    Comfortable but could have been better.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 14 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    A bit more cleaning in the general areas. They are all flats with 3 rooms. If you had a noisy neighbour , the walls are paper thin. For what I paid I didn't expect more really, it was central and served it's purpose.

    I had a super room. At the price you got what you get. I found the general areas in the building could do with some tlc but my room was ok.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: 15 January 2023

    6.0
    Not bad for the price
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very bad check in experience with staff member arguing with a tenant. Also the $200 deposit seems a little much.

    Fine for the price and comfortable enough for a one night stay

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 11 January 2023

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The deposit of $200 was a surprise, and it was returned to my card in a very odd way, firstly they sent me €116 twice (as an accident I guess) and then deducted €120 - they never responded to my message about these transactions. Moreover, it was very rainy and windy those days there and in the middle of the night we woke up to water drops falling to the middle of our bed, after mentioning it to the staff that just said it's normal. It was economic option of our stay but definitely not the most comfy or friendly.

    A small grocery shop just next to the accommodation.

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 9 January 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Family with young children
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Parking

    The view

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 1 January 2023

    5.0
    Like a hostel but with more privacy
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bedding was clean, everything else was relatively clean but some things needed actual cleaning like the kitchen cupboards/microwave and drawers on the room. It's a bit more run down than the pix but if you're 2ppl in a room, it is basically $30ea so it's not bad. Would stay again if we were seeing a show at the powerstation again. With only 2 other rooms per apartment we didn't run into facility sharing issues

    Location and cheapness.

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 16 December 2022

    6.0
    good if you’re just passing through for night. great value. you have your own room but share kitchen/bathroom. locat
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    not very clean, room was a bit smelly. other guests were quite rowdy

    good location, great value

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 12 December 2022

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night

    The corridors, stairs, lift and entrance were pretty disgusting, I was worried about where I'd booked.

    Room was a good size with bed, desk and wardobe, location was handy. Towels and amenities provided were great.

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 30 November 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We were on the 18th floor didn't realise it was that big

    Was in very good location

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 22 November 2022

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    felt unsafe witnessing aggressive tenants.

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 7 November 2022

    5.0
    Fine but slack comms and still chasing the return of our deposit
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Still waiting on our $200 deposit back with no answer or reply from the company.

    Fitted the description

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 6 November 2022

    6.0
    place to lay your head.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    compact, dated,

    location

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 30 October 2022

    5.0
    Passable
    • Couple
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    My $200 and no one at the front desk

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: 22 September 2022

    5.0
    you get what you pay for
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    the state it was in. eg the lack of cleanliness

    proximity to bars and clubs

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 12 September 2022

    5.0
    Would never recommend this place. Fake kitchen hood.. really?
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bedroom in Shared Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night

    Everything from the wonky mattress, amenities, showerhead, unclean and dusty floor, dusty and unclean towel and linen, and tiny "kitchen". paper-thin walls and ceiling. FAKE kitchen hood !! LOL this is illegal! The photo is misleading - it makes the kitchen area look much bigger, almost like a living space. There is NO living space and half m2 surface area for "kitchen". Your room automatically gets locked so be careful not to lock yourself out. $200 deposit fee (which still hasn't popped up in my bank). It was $60 for a night so it wasn't even a cheap option compared to other backpacker options which were much much much more comfortable!

    The check-in process was okay but the staff was super unfriendly and unaccommodating. Apart from that, I couldn't think of things I liked.

    Stayed in September 2022

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